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Powder handling. With Piab's vacuum conveyors, the production powder can be easily transported to the 3D printing systems in the required quantity - without any fine dust pollution for the employees.
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Powder handling. With Piab's vacuum conveyors, the production powder can be easily transported to the 3D printing systems in the required quantity - without any fine dust pollution for the employees.

With the TUM.Additive action agenda, the Technical University of Munich is initiating a comprehensive research focus on additive manufacturing. Together with high-tech partners from industry, it is founding the "Bavarian Additive Manufacturing Cluster" with the aim of establishing Bavaria as a leading economic region for digital manufacturing technologies.
Powder for additive manufacturing

In the NRW lead market project AddSteel, new, functionally adapted steel materials for additive manufacturing will be developed over the next three years. A central component of the project is the qualification of the developed materials for the metallic 3D printing process Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen.

With the further expansion of the process chain and a large number of special topics, Formnext is continuing its pace of growth in its fifth year and consolidating its position as the leading trade fair for additive manufacturing and modern industrial production.
Polymer additives, adhesive tapes, 3D printing
3M will be presenting the entire spectrum of polymer additives, lightweight construction, 3D printing and bonding technologies at the K plastics trade fair.
SLM Solutions announces that Sam O'Leary will join the Management Board of SLM Solutions Group AG as new Chief Operating Officer.

CRP Technology has launched a new material for selective laser sintering. Windform FR1 is both flame-retardant and carbon fiber-reinforced.
The Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SLM Solutions Group, Michael Mertin, informed the Supervisory Board today that he is resigning as Chairman of the Supervisory Board and his Supervisory Board mandate with effect from the end of the day.

The AMLab will be represented at this year's EAM, Experience Additive Manufacturing, from September 24-26, 2019 in Augsburg.

Ensuring the consistent quality of additively manufactured components across different batches and production sites is a challenge for companies and their suppliers. The reasons for this are the use of non-standardized materials and the early stage of maturity of some processes, which often lack process capability qualification.